Bowmore 1997 TWA Private Stock
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Bowmore |
| Bottler | The Whisky Agency (TWA) |
| Bottling Series | Private Stock |
| Vintage | 1997 |
| Bottled Year | 2014 |
| Age | 17년 |
| Cask Type | Refill Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | 119 |
| ABV | 52.2% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
reddish coffee
air Nose
Modern Bowmore and sherry can be a bit of a funny combination sometimes but this one works well so far with big initial notes of salted walnuts, coffee liqueur, tar, toasted raisins, fruit loaf and various smoked meats. There’s a nice damp earthiness and notes of old leather. Lots of dunnage, hessian, coal dust and touches of lambic ales. With water: earthier, more hessian, plenty dark chocolate, more tar, black pepper and cola syrup. A wee hint of good quality root beer as well and with time there’s also things like ink and dried herbs coming to the fore
restaurant Palate
Big bitter chocolate notes, espresso, strawberry infused pipe tobacco, game meats, walnut wine and tar liqueur. Black pepper, wood spices, jasmine, strong black tea and mushroom powder. Very good! With water: now there’s some fruit emerging too. Red fruit jams, orange cordial, peaches and dried apricot. That rather meaty aspect has started to balance out nicely. There’s more cola sweetness, more coffee and big spicy notes of star anise and five spice. BBQ sauce as well
timer Finish
long and prickling with heat. Spicy hot sauce, camphor, iodine, salted meats and old balsamic